The French May : Actors and Dynamics of a Global Crisis /

The French May : Actors and Dynamics of a Global Crisis /

It is now time to stop revering May 68 as a political myth, but to consider it as it was, meaning as a social movement that unexpectedly turned into a tremendous political crisis, bringing French institutions near to collapse. Relying on original data, such as unprecedented archives and personal int...

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Main Author: Mathieu, Lilian (Author)

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2026.

Series: Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
Youth in a Globalizing World ; 25.

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Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • List of Acronyms
  • List of Archives
  • Introduction
  • 1 Against the 68 Doxa
  • 2 May (and June) 68 as Such
  • PART 1
  • The Dynamics of the Crisis
  • Introduction to Part 1
  • 1 From Mobilization to (Nearly) Revolution
  • 1 When Did It Start?
  • 1.1 Indocile Students
  • 1.2 The Essence of the Air Is Red
  • 1.3 Radicalized Politics
  • 2 Towards Desectorization
  • 2.1 A Student Movement on Its Way
  • 2.2 Trade Unions Solidarity
  • 3 A Multisectoral Mobilization
  • 3.1 The Central Place: The Sorbonne
  • 3.2 An Uncontrolled Mobilization in Working Places
  • 3.3 Pressurized Media
  • 3.4 French Society Subjected to Fluidity
  • 4 A Political and Social Crisis
  • 4.1 Political Distress
  • 4.2 Finding an Issue Despite Conflict and Competition
  • 4.3 Violent Days
  • 2 A Local May: The Lyon Case
  • 1 Before the Crisis
  • 1.1 University Explosion
  • 1.2 Socio-economic Situation
  • 1.3 Political Context
  • 2 The 68 Events in Lyon
  • 2.1 The Student Dynamics
  • 2.2 Strikes and Occupations
  • 3 The Slow Decline
  • 4 A Difficult Return to Normal
  • 4.1 Transformations and Tensions on the Left
  • 4.2 Students' Identity Crisis
  • 3 Contentious Encounters: Challengers and Police Interacting in the Street
  • 1 The Organization of Policing
  • 1.1 A Specialized Device
  • 1.2 A Legacy of Practical Experiences
  • 2 The Dynamics of Confrontation
  • 2.1 A Readjustment of Police Anticipations (May 3-10)
  • 2.2 A Temporary Desertion of the Street (13 May-22 May)
  • 2.3 Radicalization (May 22-June 12)
  • 3 Assessments and Redefinitions
  • 3.1 Clearing Up the Violence
  • 3.2 Redefining Policing
  • PART 2
  • Whatever Happened to the Sixty-Eighters?
  • Introduction to Part 2
  • 4 The Genesis of a Rebellious Youth
  • 1 The Embodiment of a Rebellious Mood
  • 1.1 An Interest in Politics Shaped by Family
  • 1.2 Confronting the Social World
  • 2 Institutional Critique
  • 2.1 A New Access to Education
  • 2.2 Revolution Within the Catholic Church
  • 3 University Newcomers
  • 3.1 Anguished by Diploma?
  • 3.2 Students and Their Studies
  • 5 Converting Militancy into Education
  • 1 An Uncertain Educational Career
  • 2 Activist and/or Teacher
  • 3 The Pedagogical Conversion of Activism
  • 6 Five Portraits
  • 1 Pradial Subirats: From University to Jail to University
  • 2 Bernard Bolze: A Career against Authoritarian Institutions
  • 3 Marie-Claude Forestier: Catholic Radicalization
  • 4 Véronique Dutoit: From Politics to Culture
  • 5 André Carvalho: Culture in the Margins
  • PART 3
  • The Diffusion of a Rebellious Mood
  • Introduction to Part 3
  • 7 The Formation of a Space of Social Movements
  • 1 The Rebellious Seventies
  • 1.1 The Apogee of Workers' Combativeness
  • 1.2 Migrants' Struggles
  • 1.3 The Revolution of Privacy
  • 1.4 Territories and Environments
  • 1.5 Challenging Authority
  • 2 Entangled Social Movements
  • 2.1 Old and New Social Movements
  • 2.2 Protest Shaped by Politics
  • 2.3 When Capitalism Endorses Its Critique
  • 2.4 An Evolutive Autonomy Towards Politics
  • 8 Sixty-Eighters and (Counter) Culture
  • 1 The Golden Age of Counterculture?
  • 2 Stormed Art Worlds
  • 3 The Countercultural Turn
  • 3.1 Revolutionized Songs
  • 3.2 The Diffusion of Critical Thinking
  • 4 Changing One's World
  • 9 The French Protest Within Its International Context
  • 1 A Contrasted Transnationalization
  • 1.1 Openness to the Outside
  • 1.2 A Few Transnational Activists
  • 1.2.1 Daniel Cohn-Bendit
  • 1.2.2 Alain Krivine
  • 1.2.3 Christine Delphy
  • 1.2.4 Tariq Ali
  • 2 Interdependent Revolts
  • 2.1 Students of the World, Unite?
  • 2.2 Brokerage
  • 2.3 Repertoires
  • 2.4 State Response
  • 3 A Comparison between Three Different Cases
  • 3.1 A Mobilization Faced with Lethal Violence: The Mexican Case
  • 3.2 An Insurrection against Military Dictatorship: The Argentinian Cordobazo
  • 3.3 Results
  • Conclusion
  • References
  • Index.